Andrea Donahue Biography – Andrea Donahue Wiki

Andrea Donahue is the wife of Terry Donahue, former UCLA football coach. Donahue was a walk-on defensive lineman at UCLA. In his first season (1965) in Westwood as a student-athlete, the 190-pound lineman helped lead the Bruins to the program’s first-ever Rose Bowl victory with an upset of previously unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Michigan State. He went on to serve as an assistant coach for the Bruins under Pepper Rodgers and Dick Vermeil and then took over the reins as UCLA’s head coach, at age 31, beginning with the 1976 season.

Donahue, the first person to appear in a Rose Bowl Game as a player, assistant coach and head coach, would go on to post a conference-record 98 wins (98-51-5) and a school-record 151 wins (151-74-8). In a 20-year span, he won or shared five conference titles (1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993) while finishing first or second in the league standings 12 times. The Bruins captured wins in three Rose Bowls (1983, 1984, 1986) during his tenure and he became the first college coach to come away with bowl game victories in seven consecutive seasons (1983 Rose Bowl, 1984 Rose Bowl, 1985 Fiesta Bowl, 1986 Rose Bowl, 1986 Freedom Bowl, 1987 Aloha Bowl, 1989 Cotton Bowl), including four New Year’s Day wins in a row. Donahue’s Bruins recorded seven straight top-20 finishes in the final Associated Press football poll from 1982-88.

During his 20-year head coaching reign, Donahue’s Bruin teams produced 40 wins over ranked opponents culminating with his final coaching victory, a 24-20 decision in the L.A. Coliseum over No. 11 USC in 1995. He posted a 10-9-1 career ledger in battles against the crosstown rivals. Donahue’s UCLA teams yielded 34 first-team All-America team selections, a list featuring some of the top performers in school history — LB Jerry Robinson, S Kenny Easley, RB Freeman McNeil, K John Lee, LB Ken Norton Jr., QB Troy Aikman, LB Carnell Lake, S Eric Turner and OL Jonathan Ogden. Fourteen of Donahue’s Bruins were chosen in the first round of the NFL Draft, including future Pro Football Hall of Famers Aikman, Easley and Ogden.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000. In 1997, he was welcomed into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. Donahue joined the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame with the class of 2001. In 2013, the press box at the Rose Bowl was officially dedicated as the Terry Donahue Pavilion. ESPN named Donahue one of the 150 Greatest College Coaches in its 2019 celebration of College Football’s 150th Anniversary.

After leaving the field following the 1995 season, Donahue pursued a career in broadcasting and in professional football administration. He worked broadcast assignments for CBS Sports and FOX around stints in the front office of the San Francisco 49ers. Donahue was the Director of Player Personnel from 1999-2000 in San Francisco and then served as the General Manager of the 49ers from 2001-2005.

Andrea Donahue Age

Andrea Donahue’s age is unclear. Terry Donahue was born on June 24, 1944, in Los Angeles, California. He died on July 4, 2021, in Newport Beach, California, at the age of 77.

Terry Donahue Wife Andrea Donahue

Andrea Donahue was the wife of Terry Donahue for 52 years. Coach Terry Donahue died at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. on July 4, 2021, at age 77, following a two-year battle with cancer.

Andrea Donahue Children

Terry Donahue and wife Andrea Donahue, daughters Nicole, Michele, and Jennifer.